Inconsistent policies on bus fares and enforcement are creating confusion among riders and challenges for transit in Northern Virginia, Metro’s top official says.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority CEO Randy Clarke critiqued the D.C. area’s patchwork of rules for where riders must pay to ride the bus, along with the limits placed on the Metro system’s ability to enforce its payment requirement.
At the June 4 meeting of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC), Clarke suggested that riders aren’t entirely to blame for the region’s high rate of fare evasion — and that local leaders should do more to help…